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Rain Causes Flooding in Hoboken

NJ Transit tracks flooded; all train service suspended

 

All train tracks at Hoboken Terminal were flooded, causing service in and out of the station to be suspended as of 8:30 p.m. Saturday, a New Jersey Transit spokesman said.

Flood water was "getting close to the waiting room" spokesman Dan Stessel said Saturday evening.

Trains on the Main, Bergen County and Pascack Valley lines are operating to and from Secaucus Junction, according to Stessel.

He could not provide an estimate on when NJ Transit service would be restored.

Service on the state's three main rail lines -the Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast, Raritan Valley and Atlantic City line - was temporarily suspended due to weather conditions around 4:30 p.m. NJ Transit buses are honoring rail tickets.

PATH train service, managed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, was suspended in both directions between Newark and Journal Square, as of around 8:15 p.m. Saturday, according to the PATH's official Twitter account.

All other PATH service was operating normally, accounting to a Tweet posted around 8:15 p.m.

Hudson County remains under a flood watch until 10 p.m. Saturday, according to an alert issued by the National Weather Service in New York. The NWS also issued an a high wind advisory until 1 a.m. warning of "damaging winds."

Winds of 30 to 40 mph, with gusts of 60 mph are expected through Saturday night. Isolated gusts of 70 mph are possible, according to the advisory.

As many as 240,000 people were without power across the state, according to a report on NJ.com. As of 8 p.m., PSE&G reported 136,000 customers without power due to the heavy winds and driving rain. The utility provides electric service to 2.1 million customers.

"Crews will continue to work through the night to restore service. The company is estimating that all customers may not be restored until Tuesday evening," Elizabeth Gill, a PSE&G spokeswoman said.

A breakdown of outages in Hoboken and Hudson County was not immediately available Saturday night, she said.

Many outages were caused by falling trees, Gill said. Anyone who encounters downed wires should not touch or go near the wire and call PSE&G's Customer Service line: 1-800-436-PSEG.

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